Parcels - it's all about parcels

Getting a parcel is wonderful fun.  These days I don't get parcels from my grandmother so I find other ways to ensure that nice little boxes with lots of sticky tape all over them, keep arriving on the door-step. 

One way is to participate in (or organise) swaps of Blythe Doll goodies - which I do through Ravelry.   Violetta got to open the latest parcel ...  




 And she called Bird and Julia over because ...

Another one of US !!!

De-boxing a LPS Blythe can be arduous ...  there are lots of knots and things

Here are last - little Heidi the Hiker.  Julia likes her pantaloons and Bird approves of her ponytails. 

 Heidi offered everyone a 'lick' of her lollypop and then she showed off her
"'tremely cool sunglasses"   but Bird got the giggles ...

Those sunnies are really quite funny

 Meanwhile - Violetta had found more things in the parcel - all in pretty pink paper ...







 








"Well - this certainly IS a lovely dress and beautifully made but somehow I think it is more Audrey's style ... "

and here is Audrey wearing the completely wonderful Audrey Hepburn outfit ... dress, gloves, pearls and tiara!   thank you "Squishy10"   from Ravelry for a great swap outfit. 

I must show you the outfits I made for this swap - in a future post.

The other way to make sure you get parcels is to buy things on the www.  When people discuss the decline of "bricks & mortar" shops & shopping this factor is never mentioned - but surely one of the best parts of on-line shopping is the arrival of the parcel - and by the time it arrives you've almost forgotten what you bought and you get that wonderful 'parcel opening' thrill ...

One of the doll's house / miniatures companies had a special on some kits that you have to put-together yourself ... I couldn't resist getting some natty little tables - very useful bits of furniture for problem corners.

Not sure when I'll get the time to put the kits together ...
Of course I'd bought some other things too ... a jardinière on a pedestal (I'll plant a fake aspidistra in it) a very nice ham with garnish and 3 little mice.   


All very Beatrix Potter's "Two Bad Mice"   (only there are 3!) 
Now to get the "two red lobsters ... a fish, a pudding, and some pears and oranges." 

Tom Thumb doesn't even need to carve this ham - it is already sliced

And the LPS Blythes had a very nice dinner to welcome Heidi ...

And then there were 3 - Another Dolly Story

Audrey & Lillian were on a modelling shoot, colourful maxi dresses for Summer, but it was not going well.   The light was wrong, the photographer was grumpy, Lillian was having a bad hair day ... nothing was going right.

Frustration causes orange eyes in Blythe Dolls

Then some parcels were delivered and the photo shoot was abandoned ...

Excitement causes pink eyes

Audrey :  This enormous box is from Junie Moon, don't some Blythe Dolls come from there? 
Lillian :   Let's open the smaller parcel first - I think it might be the shoes we were meant to be wearing with these dresses.

What is in there?

 Yes - the smaller parcel was the platform shoes to wear with those maxi frocks.  Blythe dolls just love getting new shoes!

Yea - new shoes!

How do you manage to walk in these?

Audrey :  Whoa!  We are very tall now but I feel quite wobbly, think I'll just lean against the box.
Lillian :  You get used to them - Carmen Miranda used to dance in platform shoes like these.
Audrey :  Goodness Gracious!   How did she manage that?  and with fruit on her head!  I don't think I can even walk!

Lillian :  Don't you think we should see what is in the enormous box?

Do be careful with those scissors Lillian.

Audrey : Oh my - a box in a box ... is this like those Russian Dolls?
Lillian : But do you see what is printed on the box ...

Oooo this is SO heavy!

Audrey : Another box ... it IS like those Russian Dolls.

But Look - it is a Blythe

Audrey & Lillian were getting rather disheveled

Audrey & Lillian :   Ooo - how exciting!  Isn't she Lovely! 

  
Audrey :  It is my cousin a Simply Thumpty Thump.  We are such a large family, us Simplys.

Hello Cousin

Let me help you out of there.

Audrey's cousin has come to live with her and Lillian.  Her name is Violetta.  Violetta is in show business too - she is an ice-skater & dancer and gets a lot of work in musicals and live theatre. 

Audrey explained absolutely everything about her new home to Violetta while Lillian played with her hair. 

Lillian loves Violetta's pink/purple hair and her special mauve eyes.